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/Sounds like "KWEE" (as in "queen")/

Meaning

Guinea pig that's eaten roasted, fried, or baked in the Andes. For tourists it's shocking; for Peruvians, Ecuadorians, and Bolivians, it's a traditional delicacy.

Examples

In Cusco I tried oven-roasted cuy and it was amazing.

Cuy is a traditional party dish in Andean villages.

Word family
Regional synonyms

Going around gossiping, talking about other people's business, or sticking your nose where it does not belong. From "chambre" (gossip), turned into a verb. Very Mexican: the person chambreando is always the first to know everyone's business and the last to keep quiet about it.